Posters of Famous Architects

ASU – Ain Shams University Faculty of Engineering Department of Architectural Engineering ARC 122: History & Theory of Architecture Fall 2017 Instructor: Dr. Yasser Mahgoub

Research 2 CASE STUDY: FAMOUS ARCHITECT

Objectives • This is a simple documentation on the life and design philosophy of a famous architect (globally or nationally) with the objective of growing your knowledge of “famous architectsâ€? and taking inspiration from their life and work. This is also an exercise in data gathering, literature case study and desktop/online research and referencing.

Objectives • The “Famous Architect” must be known nationally or globally. The architect must be recognizable. The tricky part here is putting together a cohesive documentation on the architect. There will be so much information on your chosen architect that you may find hard to condense all the information and only choose the projects that he/she has worked on or is working on. Please make educated choices.

Outline 1. Architect photograph (essential) 2. Short biography (may include timeline of his/her career and life) 3. Design philosophy (may include who/what influenced him/her and what critics have said about his/her designs) 4. Architect’s signature architectural which, logically, should correspond to his/her design philosophy.

Include a short account on the details of the building, i.e. site, year completed, praises or critics on it.

5. References

Effort • Individual • Identify an architect of your choice (local or international) or from the following list: • Study his/her history, philosophy and projects.

• Develop a poster.

Deliverable • One Poster 50x70 cm portrait orientation

Assessment • Accuracy of information. 50% • Quality of poster (text, photos, sketches, diagrams) 50%

Grade • 10% of total course grade

Due • Week 15

What is a Case Study?

• A case study is a story about something unique, special, or interesting—stories can be about individuals, organizations, processes, programs, neighborhoods, institutions, and even events.

(Yin, 2003) • The case study gives the story behind the result by capturing what happened to bring it about, and can be a good opportunity to highlight a project’s success, or to bring attention to a particular challenge or difficulty in a project.

• Cases (refers to the unit of analysis or topic chosen for study i.e., the individual, organization, or program) might be selected because they are highly effective, not effective, representative, typical, or of special interest.

• The case study should describe what happened when, to whom, and with what consequences in each case.

STUDENTS WORK

Denver Art Museum. United States, 2006.

The Villa- Libeskind Signature Series, Datteln Germany,2009.

Luneburg University,2014.

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